Today, while supermarket shopping with my mum I had one of those moments. A moment you can’t explain, but one that people who are very close to their mum’s will understand.
I’d wandered off to find something in an aisle, then come back to find her in another aisle. As I was walking towards her from the other side of the store it hit me. Just watching her, looking at something on a shelf, deciding which brand to buy. It was just one of those mundane, everyday moments. But for that 30 seconds as I watched her my eyes teared up and I had to tell myself to pull it together so as not to cry in the middle of the supermarket.
While it’s not a life changing moment, and you’re probably wondering why I’ve even bothered blogging it, it’s a snapshot of 30 seconds of my life that means a lot to me. It’s something I want to remember.
Even writing about it makes me teary.
I love my mum to pieces, and she really is the person I will miss most.
I know EXACTLY what you mean.
Sweet Mama M´s last [type] ..And with the sweet comes the bittersweet…
With you all the way
I know what you mean too – I have those moments sometimes and when my mum is far away it can be hard – I’m such a wuss. Only my mum is the one who keeps gallivanting around the world instead of me! Something wrong there! I love my mum so much that it’s ridiculous. I know you’ll miss her so much when you head off across the pond.
xoxo
I had so many moments where I caught myself doing this while I was back in NZ earlier this year. You miss a lot being away, and there are so many new noticeable things when you come back – their hair is slightly greyer, shorter, there’s a new wrinkle, they walk slower…but good things too, new interests and hobbies and friends.
Soak up these moments, you will live off them while you are over here. And skype is THE BEST THING EVER. I talk to my parents almost more overseas than I did when I lived in Wellington!!